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Former Health Director of Afghan Defense Ministry, Zia Yaftali, sentenced to six months in prison by an anti-corruption court on Sunday. In addition, nine members of the procurement directorate of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) were also sentenced to the same period of imprisonment. Anisa Rasooly, the head of the …

Businessmen and food suppliers betray people by increasing the prices, said some Afghan senator on Sunday. Senators asked the government to prevent increases in the food prices in Ramadan by having control on the market. “The increase of foo.d prices during Ramadan is worrying,” said Senator Gulali Akbari. “There is no …

At least Five Taliban insurgents were killed and two others wounded in their own mine explosion in Chahar Dara District of Kunduz province, local officials said on Sunday. Manzor Stanikzai Kunduz Police Chief told Ariana News that the incident took place in Sojani village of Chahar Dara district at around …

Abdul Ghafoor Mahmoud, the Deputy Intelligence Chief for Baghlan province was killed by the Taliban militants in Doshi district of Baghan, a security source confirmed. A security source on the condition of anonymity told Ariana News that the incident has taken place at Kelagi area of Doshi district on Sunday …

The lack of adequate teachers led to closedown of Shahrak-e-Khurasan state-run high school in PD16 of Kabul city where at least 5,000 students are studying. A number of Kabul PD16 residents on Saturday said that although they have referred to the Ministry of Education (MoE) many times, no attention has …

Seven children killed and two others wounded in Muqur district of Ghazni province on Saturday, a local official said. Provincial governor spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori told Ariana News that the incident took place this morning while the children were playing in Jamparan village of Muqur district. Noori blamed Taliban insurgent …

The Taliban fighters attacked security outposts in Khawaja Ghar district in northern Takhar province, killing at least four Afghan soldiers and wounding five others, a local official said on Saturday. Jawad Hijri, as a spokesman for the provincial governor, told Ariana News that the incident took place close to Khawaja …

Ten captives were freed from a Taliban prison in northern Kunduz province during a raid by the Afghan army commandos, 217th Pamir corps said in a statement. According to a statement released on Monday, the Afghan army commandos have conducted an operation while receiving air support in Aqsarai village of …

At least seven Taliban insurgents were killed in two separate ground and air operations conducted by the Afghan army commandos and foreign forces in Ghazni province, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday. In a statement released on Friday, MoD said the Afghan army commandos conducted an operation in Nawa …

Two men have been arrested for the alleged sale of horse meat in Khost province of Afghanistan. In a statement released on Thursday, the office of provincial police chief said that two men were arrested in accusation of butchering and selling horse meat in Khost city. The men were secretly …

At least five members of the Afghan security forces were killed and six others injured after Taliban militants attacked their checkpoints in Khulm district of Balkh province, a local official said on Thursday. Adel Shah Adel, a spokesman for provincial police chief, said the checkpoints are located in border between …

At least six Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded in an operation conducted by the Afghan army commando in the provincial capital Farah city, an official said on Wednesday. Mohibullah Mohib, a spokesman for Farah police told Ariana News that the special operation was conducted at Gogahkan and …

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with the Indian officials and other stakeholders on May 6-7 in New Delhi, the capital of India for consultations on the Afghan peace process, U.S. Embassy in India said in a statement. In a statement released on Tuesday, U.S. Embassy said that …

At least 11 Taliban militants have been killed during a joint operation conducted by Afghan and foreign forces in Zurmat district of Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial governor spokesman Abdullah Hasrat told Ariana News that Afghan special forces conducted an operation in Koti Khail area of Zurmat …

Top Afghan security officials and commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support visited northern Faryab province on Tuesday to review the situation of the province. The Resolute Support Mission (RSM) said in a statement that the Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan General Austin Scott Miller, Afghan Minister of …

At least eight soldiers were killed after Taliban fighters attacked a security outpost in northeast Takhar province, a local official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Jawad Hijri, a spokesman for the provincial governor told Ariana News that Taliban militants stormed Charsiha outpost located between Darqad and Khawajah Bahawodin districts at around …

At least 20 soldiers were killed after Taliban fighters stormed military outposts in Gulistan district of Farah province, a local official said on Monday. Dadullah Qani, a member of Farah provincial council told Ariana News that Taliban militants raided on Toot and Chakab outposts of the Afghan army in Gulistan …

Afghan security forces have detained a key Taliban commander and seized several bottles of alcohol from his compound in Balkh province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The Taliban commander identified as Yousuf was arrested during an operation by police special forces in Nahr-Shahi district of Balkh …

The Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of Afghan security and defense forces in northern Faryab province, wounding at least four soldiers, an official said on Monday. Abdulkarim Yurish, a spokesman for Faryab police told Ariana News that the convoy of Afghan forces had been ambushed by the Taliban insurgents en …